IANS reports: Global IT security firm Quick Heal‘s Enterprise Security brand Seqrite has discovered an advertisement on DarkNet forum that claims to have access to data of over 6,000 Indian businesses that include Internet Service Providers (ISPs), some of the key government organisations, banks and enterprises. Read more on FirstPost.
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Private data of more than 1,100 NFL players, agents exposed
Max Greenwood reports on another find by Kromtech Security: The personal data of more than 1,100 NFL players and agents was exposed as the result of a misconfigured online database, a cybersecurity company has revealed. Bob Diachenko, the chief communications officer for Kromtech Alliance, wrote in a blog post on the company’s website Monday that researchers…
Gaming Service Goes Down After Hacker Wipes Database and Holds It for Ransom
Catalin Cimpanu reports: R6DB, an online service that provides statistics for Rainbow Six Siege players, went down over the weekend after an attacker wiped the company’s database and asked a ransom. The attack took down the service Saturday, September 30. In a statement released on Sunday, the company said an automated bot accessed their server,…
Graton casino ‘data breach’ potentially reveals some patrons’ Social Security numbers
Martin Espinoza reports: An undisclosed number of patrons at Graton Resort and Casino are being notified by mail of what casino officials said was an inadvertent email distribution of personal information such as names, addresses and Social Security numbers of patrons. One Santa Rosa resident who declined to be interviewed or identified received the “Notice…
The Equifax Hack Has the Hallmarks of State-Sponsored Pros
Michael Riley , Jordan Robertson , and Anita Sharpe report: In the corridors and break rooms of Equifax Inc.’s giant Atlanta headquarters, employees used to joke that their enormously successful credit reporting company was just one hack away from bankruptcy. They weren’t being disparaging, just darkly honest: Founded in the 19th century as a retail…
New Jersey Man Charged in Hacking and Illegal Wiretapping Scheme
Sept. 28 – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for alleged computer hacking and wiretapping of his former company’s email server, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Jian Yang Zhang, a/k/a “Kevin Zhang,” 37, of Edison, New Jersey, is charged complaint (sic) with one count of unauthorized access of a protected computer…